Guadalupe "Lupe" Ontiveros (September 17, 1942 – July 26, 2012) was an American actress.

• You've got maids and you've got maids…You got maids that have longevity beyond what you ever conceived of in your wildest dreams. I'll give you an example — The Goonies. Those that got hooked — I have a whole following of 30-year-olds who got hooked. Oh my gosh, I'm a heroine to them.
  • On playing maid roles in“Latina Actress Aims To Break Maid Stereotype” in NPR (2009 Apr 12)

• It’s their continued perspective of who we are. They don’t know we’re very much a part of this country and that we make up every part of this country.
  • On the challenges facing Latino actors in“Lupe Ontiveros, Respected Actress and Activist Dies at 69” in Remezcla

• It's upsetting to any culture when that is the only projection you have of that culture…You're pigeon-holed, stereotyped. That means we don't like you. We forget that this country was founded by immigrants.
  • On being repeatedly cast as a housekeeper (as quoted in“'Selena' co-star Lupe Ontiveros dies at 69” in CNN; 2012 Jul 27)

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Lupe Ontiveros

• Hispanic Americans
• Actresses from the United States
• 1942 births
• 2012 deaths
• People from El Paso